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Well if The Pullstart can make a mess in his backyard. Time for a new water source. Way overdue... in the 40 years I lived here all we had is a 11/4" sand point down about 25 ft. Always good water in fact it comes from the waters of the Mecan River which I live next to. Perrier once wanted to put down humongous wells at its headwaters and peddle it. They got voted nay. Since its all sugar sand here points only last 10 years before they plug. I had replaced it before but it and the pump are down in a pit and not to code. Real old Bucyus Erie cable rig powered by a Continental four cylinder diesel mounted on a newer Ford 800 but is smaller to get it in where needed. Manual outriggers! All you equipment operators how would you like to have to set them with every move. Since i can pee faster than this delivers water I have it cross connected to the sprinkler system which is a 2" point down the hill. That one is only down 10 ' LP tank had to get temporarily moved to get the casings in. So far down 60 ft with enough pipe to 120. I think they plan on 180.

Super busy weekend with all kinds of tractor fun!!

I put stripes in the dirt too. Picked this spring tooth at a flea market for 10 dolla. Bent the hitch tongue with the heat wrench to get it to trail properly. Works great for keeping a fire lane open.

Pedaled about 60 miles this weekend, including the 22 miles I did with my 81 year old mom today. And No… we aren’t on E-bikes. Pure people power

Looks like I found a Work Horse 1848 less than 2miles from home. Ive seen a couple Wheel Horses/Work Horses in his garage but never anyone outside so I never stopped. Today he was mowing so I pulled in. He was immediately willing to show me his collection & offered up a beer too! He had failing health issues & said he needs to downsize. Carb needs cleaned so he said he will do that & make sure its running good. He's gonna swap mower decks so it will have a rear discharge. Guess its time to look for a 2stage now..... I asked him what he was thinking $$ wise. He said make an offer. I asked if we would be close at $500ish??? He said yes! Lastly, he even insisted on delivering it because he wants to see my collection.

You can’t make a piña colada or a decent Thai curry without it, its water makes a great recovery drink, and its fibrous husk, when burned, repels mosquitos — these are just three of many excellent reasons to celebrate World Coconut Day on September 2. One of nature’s most versatile products, the coconut plant (and its various parts) can be used for food and drink, cosmetic preparations, and decorating. Some coconut proponents (cocoproponents?) even claim that the fruit’s oil can reverse dental decay — if you swish it around in your mouth for 20 minutes a day! Most of us aren’t comfortable with a mouthful of oil, no matter whence that oil comes or what it’s purported to do. But we can still get caught up in the coconut craze. Whether you’re stuck on a deserted island or comfortable in your own home, here are some (relatively normal) ideas for using this tropical wonderfruit.

Growing up, my Gramps had a driven point at the camp in Maine for many years with a pitcher pump on top. My brother, at 25yo. who was VERY independent decided to dig a well. By hand. Hit water around 15 feet. Rocked up the sides with stones from stone walls in the woods. That was in the 60's. That well still runs today. I've got a picture of him sitting at the bottom in a lawn chair! With a beer. I'll post it if I can find it.

Although you can’t see any of the stripes in this picture I mow it a different direction every time. It’s good for the grass and helps eliminate rutting.

That's awesome she can still do that il_600x600.1796234518_jyek.webp il_600x600.1796234518_jyek.webp

Your a real hero Sparky I wouldn't make out of the driveway. Well now if I had some captains n coke in that there bottle I might make it 1/2 mile to the end of the road. Then have to turn around back home for a refill... Got my bell rung... Picked it for free off a scrap pile. Who would throw stuff like that out Sylvia?

Right?!?!? I have no idea Mike ... never measured it. They knew how far down the neighbors are from permit records so they just base the pipe & cost estimate on that. Guessing a final GPM is based on how high test the pump is they will put down. I told them to put a bad ass one down ... we'll see. Right!?!? I should have done this pre-covid as it would have been cheaper. I procrastinated and was busy buying . Also post covid I couldn't find someone to do it or even get a estimate. I was quoted 14 K for the whole shebang with 1500 add if I want a constant pressure pump. Cheaper than a new truck and last longer. I just told them it is what it is gotta be done as long as it's done right. Maybe even have a little left over with what I got earmarked for more horses ... More on that later when I tell about the guy running the rig.

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The tire size may not be an issue. If your tractor is a 1971 model, it may have narrow front rims which allows you to use Deestone 4x8 tri ribs. I have a set of the crazy expensive Firesones, and while they are nice- the cost is just silly. I didn't pay that much for mine many years ago. Deestones are much more affordable, and seem to be good tires. Even if your rims are wider, you can find a set of narrow rims for less than the cost of Firestones. Personally, I think the Deestones look more accurate to scale.

Always gets my blood going... That would be a perfect "Gottanother Wheel Horse" bell!!! Kinda like tip bells in bars... Ya know, let Cindaaaaaay prepare for a new or three...

Where is the remote control? What, no WIFI connection? Gotta' operate by hand? What is this world comin' to?

What tractor we talkin here? Got any pics? Many of us run. 4 -8s with no problems on stock rims. this tractor has 4-8s the second one has tires Achto mentioned.

In the spring, I try and make the yard look nice. By late summer, so long as it's the same color when cut to the same length I am good!

Great day today. Got a lot done... Various stove pics. The BBT is restoring another woodstove for use in the basement apartment. I had the audacity to try to drive The Ugly Bruce. 😅.... The cheap 💩 chinese garbage priming bulb split on both ends! New one installed from ATTWOOD Amongst many other things Trina and her momma processed some more firewood. Also stacked it. This is a chicken. We had the majority of the Herd out for a picture opportunity. This afternoon we a visit from @Stepney

Our well here on the mountainside was drilled through unknown numbers of various sized boulders and aggregate of all sizes to a depth of 680 ft. If I remember correctly they said 4 GPM was touched around 280. That passed but wasn't satisfactory to the owner. For scale on the 680 depth ... we're around 540 elevation. The river in the valley is 330 or so. 540 - 300 = 210. 680 - 210 = 470 feet DEEPER than the local river at the lowest point.

I've never heard of a sand point well. Interesting topic. Here at my house in southwest MO, soil is clayish with sandstone and can be rocky. Our well is something like 330 feet deep with water standing to about 220 feet. I'm not sure how deep the pump sits. I think it produced 30 gpm. We just had it tested and it's good and safe for drinking. When they came to bore our well, I assumed the well driller would witch for water. He didn't. He asked where we wanted the well and said that he'd find water at some point. At our farm in North Missouri, we're told it taps into a underground river.

We had several shallow wells (20' to 40') for my father's green house and garden irrigation. They were all driven with sand points and if one plugger up we would use water pressure from another well pump to open it back up. Our old dug well at my grandfather's farm dried up one summer and he hung a blasting cap about two feet from the bottom of the well and detonated it. Mud flew everywhere but it fractured the ground around the well and water began flowing in rapidly. I don't think you could get away with that these days.

I’ve driven a couple sand points myself around these parts. Fun times!

The 400x8 Deestone's work on 3 1/2" or 4" rims. I have some on both. I think the rim width of the 8" wheel changed from 4" to 5 3/8" on 1976 models

For us that live in rock, granite gravel, or black dirt land, tell us what a "Sand Point Is"? enquiring minds need to know! PS in the black gumbo clay where I grew up, you hoped to hit a layer of sugar sand for a shallow 40-60 ft well. Otherwise it was 180+ Where I live outside Austin in the 90's I had a 600 ft well in limestone and the new houses were drilling 700 ft plus

Deestone tri-ribs in the 4.00-8 size are definitely the ones to get unless you like spending money. My tractor had the size tire you are talking about on a narrow rim and the 4.00-8 tires fit perfectly. And those Deestone F-2 tri-ribs you can get for like a little over $20 a piece shipped. Deestone rear AGs are fine as long as you are aware they run small so if you want a 8.5" wide get the 23x10.5-12. If you want a 9.5" wide get the BKT TR-315 in the 10.5 size and if you want a true 10.5" wide rear tire either the Carlisle Tru Power, or the OTR Lawn Trac

Some of us can identify with that. Wish I could get mounted on a newer chaises, maybe I could get into the recliner faster. Don't know what prices are like in your area but last year we had the pump replaced on our 200 foot well, it cost more than the well and pump cost fifteen years ago.

A device used to render someone no longer in need of an athletic protector?

6 days until we pour. We’re in the 1 step forward, 2 steps back stage.

Finding parts for those ignitions can be difficult. If worse comes to worse you can switch to a battery ignition. Add an internal resistor coil, hook it up to the points, & find a place to hide a battery. A small trailer breakaway battery will work. Some of the guys that I pull with use a Milwaukee drill battery to power the ignition on their tractors. Much easier to pull off and hide on a tractor that has some sheet metal but some creative placement can help hide the up grade.

I had this one about 10 years ago. It had all the original tires on it. And some you know that they had extended axles on the back with these small three hole rims. I hated it. I just never understood why they made this model like this, but I turned it into a good worker for regular tires on it. Here’s a couple pictures. Sorry about the picture. It’s the only one I have. It was a good runner. The engine ran fantastic.

Sorry guys if they hold air, I use them cracks and all. Just my . I save money for other tractors. Enjoy your day.

Here I thought it was an athletic protector for manly parts ...

So..........old geezers will know what it is huh? You just made my day. I thought I was an old geezer but apparently not cuz I don't have a clue. I guess that makes me a youngun. I still have no idea. 🙃

Got all my rafters painted and ready for metal. Hopefully in the next couple weeks it will finally be covered.

Had mine out a dozen or so years ago, I can eat anything I want with no problem. Mamby Pamby Doctors want to take all the fun out of life. Had a big old pile of pulled pork with a side of Mac & Cheese for lunch today, smoking that pork butt yesterday worked up an apatite.

These are the firestones thankfully they came on the 416 when I bought so I didn’t have to bite off the big chunk of change

There is only one tire made in the 16x6.50-8 with a tri rib pattern. (Firestone 3 rib front) Both @Andy N. and I posted a direct link for you. They are not cheap, but if it's what you want then you gotta pay the price.

I will be on vacation from 9/3 until 9/10. Sorry for any inconvenience.

A big challenge these day cause it ain't got no battery!

Good looking family buddy.

@Mickwhitt Now my wife can clear an outdoor area with her gas after eating Taco Bell. Given that fact, how does her carrying a box of Taco Bell food down the street figure into all that?

I knew, so I guess I am one of them , yous, uses, OLD! As in OLDLINEMAN

I'm really disappointed no one thought it was a tire tube patcher.

The peach cobbler called for lemon juice, so I dug out the Rival Jucerette yesterday.

Just to throw off the guessing... Outdoor toilet for a garden gnome...

Whoa there! I Say WHOA THERE BOY! I say you boys need some edufication about what you caint' carry in yer pockets in these here parts! Boys about as sharp as a pound o wet liver! OK back to the King's English and some educational information regarding criminal law in the UK. There are multiple pieces of legislation in our country built on "Case law", that is when a criminal case goes through the courts, they can hand down their interpretation of the original piece of statute law that created a specific offence but left loopholes or was not clear on some point at issue. So the bottom line is it's bloody complicated. Some laws we deal in go back a long ways.... the oldest? 1215 and Magna Carta which covers conviction based on evidence not on confession. Still a thing today. So, which of this array of my personal collection of knives is legal to carry on your person in the UK? I'll give you a clue, only two items are street legal, and one of them is the tape measure. I'll start on the right hand side. Neck knife, blade 1 and 1/4 inches Emergency belt cutter, edge contained. Chisel edge dog tag knife, no point. Spyderco folder blade 2 inches Boker titanium blade 2 inches Custom sheath knife Sog Blink blade 2 and 1/4 inches Vosteed Corgi blade 2 and 1/2 inches Boker plus Gentleman 3 inches James Dixon butter knife not sharp The truncheon is an antique police truncheon, just for scale. So of the eleven items, ten are verboten. Not allowed, will land you in hot water. One is OK to carry based on statute and case law. Did you get it? Put your hand up if you said the Boker plus Gentleman. That's the only item allowed currently under UK law. Why, because the blade is less than 7.62 cm or three inches. AND it is not a locking or fixed bladed knife. If it locks, you're locked up as I used to say to many a knife carrying felon. While we are talking about the truncheon, it's not allowed as it is an offensive weapon. That is, it's purpose is to cause injury.injury wifes size 6 slipper is perfectly OK to carry, unless she intended to cause injury with it, whence it would become an offensive weapon and render her liable to arrest. Please don't all shout out at once about weapons of offence, they are completely different and ill cover them at the end if we have time. Now that means about 98% of the pocket knives I own must stay firmly at home and not in a public place. Yes Kevin, I will explain what a public place is, it's a place where the public have access, at the material time. So a shopping precinct at 9 am, public place, same precinct at 23.30 when its closed, not a public place. Clear? Good. So my choice of EDC is somewhat limited. Currently I tend to fill my pockets with one or most of the following. Yes Kevin, I know i said that some of them were not legal to carry. But I didn't say I was an angel now did I? The little Swiss army knife is the only knife on that table to be lawful. The Blink and the Corgi are both one hand openers and lock knives so they are out. The Blink opens like a flick knife but escapes that classification by way of the blade not being released by pressure on a button or other mechanism. For information flick knives or automatics are not even allowed at home, complete ban. I always try to have a pen on me, always some kind of flash light and usually my mini pliers which are better than any multi tool version. My favourite colour is orange by the way. lol This is my Olight rechargeable flashlight which also acts as a phone power bank great for longer days out away from a charging point. Either lamp fits into the charging dock, straight head or 90 degree. So there you have it Gentlemen, and BBT. What you can and cannot carry in your mother land. And it's set to get worse as our current government debate banning ANY AND ALL pointed knives including cooking and chefs knives, good luck with that one old cock. For me, just teach kids to respect knives and each other from an early age, I have carried a knife since junior school and have never hurt anyone but myself with them lol. Banning stuff is stupid and a waste of time. Look at prohibition. Sone people will hurt each other, whether it's with a titanium zombie knife or just a rock. We need to deal with these people. Not everyone just in case. Here ended the lesson... What? Oh yes Kevin I did mention weapons of offence didn't I? A weapon of offence is an object used during a burglary to incapacitate or injure someone. So all weapons would naturally fall under that, but also cable ties, adhesive tape or rope would also fall foul. Be good children....

Free is good . My daughter’s boyfriend dropped off this 552/702 . I haven’t really looked it over really good but it does have a battery tray so I know it had electric start . I really don’t need it but it has a one piece fuel tank , pristine seat and steering wheel . I need to find an old school bus with a chair lift so I can bring my whole hoard to the BIG SHOW and not be charged a million dollars for more than one axle on the toll roads . Check out this post I made detailing the difference between a 702 and a 753 .